 | Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1881 - 544 pages
...raising heavy weights. Fig. 63. ssssssss^ssssssssssssssss* 1 08. Archimedes' s Principle. — A body in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. This fact was discovered by Archimedes, and is therefore designated by his name. Archimedes's... | |
 | Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1881 - 342 pages
...hydraulic press, adapted to raising heavy weights. 92. The Principle of Archimedes. — A body in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. This fact was discovered by Archimedes, and is therefore designated by his name. This... | |
 | Sydney Lupton - Chemistry - 1882 - 374 pages
...pressure equally in all directions, and hence any substance immersed in a fluid or floating upon it is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Two important consequences of this fact may be noted : — (i) Suppose a body of known mass M floats... | |
 | Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1882 - 210 pages
...^s^5«s«»»»j«*»«ss^sss»^«ssss^^ Fig. 48. 78. The Principle of Archimedes. — A body in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. This fact was discovered by the ancient philosopher Archimedes. 79. To Find the Weight... | |
 | Harold Whiting - Physics - 1891 - 664 pages
...name of its discoverer, Archimedes, (287 to 212 B. c.), and may be thus stated : a solid immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. The difference between the weight of a body and the buoyant force of a fluid in which it is submerged may... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute - Physics - 1892 - 400 pages
...the cube. This truth, discovered by Archimedes, may be enunciated as follows : A body submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. 165. Experimental Proof. — Exp. — Procure a solid metallic cylinder 3.5 cm. long, and 1.9... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart - Physics - 1894 - 360 pages
...applies to gases as well. as liquids, it may be stated generally as follows : A body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. The centre of buoyancy is the name applied to the centre of mass of the displaced fluid. When... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1895 - 668 pages
...equal to the volume of the immersed solid. This principle 1 may be thus stated : a solid immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. The difference between the weight of a body and "the buoyant force of a fluid in which it is submerged... | |
 | Louis Winslow Austin, Charles Burton Thwing - Physics - 1895 - 222 pages
...constant c, or m = We. Weight in vacuo. According to the principle of Archimedes a body weighed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid which the body displaces. If a substance more or less dense than brass be weighed with brass weights,... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - Physics - 1895 - 630 pages
...buoyant effect, is always the same. This truth, discovered by Archimedes, may be stated thus: A body is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid that it displaces. Hence the apparent weight of a body in a fluid (eg, water or air) is less than its... | |
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Principle states that a body wholly or partially immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. 
